About the Cause
Dubai Cares’ programs are designed to reduce, if not remove, the greatest obstacles that prevent children and young people in developing countries from attaining quality education. With each intervention, Dubai Cares evaluates the need for assistance across two key areas:
Access to Education which allows Dubai Cares to improve children’s health and learning environment, increase education enrollment and attainment, increase access to education, reduce absenteeism, increase gender parity and increase promotion rates.
Quality of Education which enables early learning, enhances educational attainment and school progression, improves literacy and numeracy skills among children, enables teachers to access teacher training resulting in better learning outcomes, reduce dropout rates and increase primary school attainment.
Dubai Cares is a long-term advocate of safeguarding children and young people’s right to education and is currently playing a global advocacy role in spreading the knowledge about the importance of providing education to the unprivileged children.
We also champion education through research - There is an overwhelming lack of evidence as to what works to promote children’s learning in crisis-affected contexts. Research plays a pivotal role in tackling this issue.
My Story
In Uganda, 85% of its population lives in rural poverty earning less than a dolor per day. More than 50% of the population is under 18 years old, and the education of these children is critical for Uganda’s economic development. Educating girls is widely regarded as one of the best ways to improve the economy and health of the developing countries. However, girls consistently fare less well academically than boys. Boys’ academic performance correlate closely with school attendance and absenteeism, and drop out rate are high for rural girls for reasons linked to their reproductive biology. Menstruation, early pregnancy and early marriage interfere with their success at school. conducted a needs assessment in Kasese after the November 2016 conflict between the cultural institution and the government security forces and it was found out more than 100 households were affected and were left vulnerable. Children were left with their poor mothers and others with their poor grandparents. The most affected area was Busongora county north and this project will be implemented in 6 primary schools of the same area. The reusable sanitary pads are used for a minimum of one year and this project will support 900 girls in schools. I expect to first train the beneficiaries in the use and care, adaptation and menstrual management before the supply of these reusable sanitary pads.